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Nitrogenase iron protein, Av2, (1nip) from Azotobacter vinelandii

• What structural elements are present in the protein?
• What is the subunit composition?
• What is the distance between metal centers?
• What is the coordination geometry about each metal ion?
• What is the distance between the metal center and bound nucleotide?

Georgiadis, M. M., H. Komiya, P. Chakrabarti, D. Woo, J. J. Kornuc, and D. C. Rees. 1992. Crystallographic structure of the nitrogenase iron protein from Azotobacter vinelandii. Science 257:1653-1659.

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